اسمَعي مِنّي أُبِثُّكِ شاني

إِنَّما يُبدي ضَميري لِساني

Listen to me, I confide in you, my friend

My tongue only reveals what’s in my heart

كَم أَخ لي كانَ مِنّي فَلَمّا

أَن رَأى الدَّهرَ جَفاني جَفاني

How many brothers I had, but when

They saw time turn against me, they turned against me

لَم يَرُعني مِنهُ إِلّا عَدُوّ

مُوتِرٌ نَحويَ قَوسَ الزَّمانِ

No one cared for me except an enemy

With his bow drawn toward me, ready to shoot

مُستَعِدٌّ لي بِسَهم فَلَمّا

أَن رَأى الدَّهرَ رَماني رَماني

His arrow of fate at me, so when

They saw time plotted against me, they plotted against me